NACIS Map Off 2012

Matthew Hampton

Posted 02 September 2012 - 11:53 AM

Matthew Hampton

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Ladies and Gentlemen it's that time of year again at NACIS when we throw-off our gloves and Map Off. This year we have a tifecta of mapping engagements so choose your scale, style and tools or enter all three.

Electronic submissions in PDF format are due by midnight on Sunday, September 30th and will be posted (anonymously) on Cartotalk shortly after for constructive discussion on their respective design decisions. Winners will be announced at the NACIS conference in Portland, October 17-19th.

Posted 24 September 2012 - 05:11 PM

While I don't have a library of past Map Off submittals, I did find an offering that I worked on with Joanna Mensher for the Madison conference in 2006. As I recall, the goal was to create a tourist map of different cheese factories (and their cheeses) for Green County, WI.

Although it looks a little moldy now , I recall having a lot of fun creating it and it only took about 15 hours.